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Anyone gain weight from treating their ANEMIA?
So I have been anemic for quite some time and over the summer it was borderline if my doc would admit me to the hospital. He let me go home and I have been on liquid iron supplements ever since. It took about a month to feel better...but just the last couple weeks I feel actually good. However my weight has gone up while I…
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People with big weight loss...weigh more at smaller sizes?
Ok this has been bugging me for years....I have been trying to find a scientific answer and have googled forever with no luck. Is there a reason why people who have lost 100 pounds or more seem to fit into a smaller size than someone if their same height and weight who has not had a massive weight loss?? I was at one time…
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Who has had SUCCESS (lost 20+ pounds) by eating MORE??
Ok, so I have been on 1200-1500 calories for the past 13 months and my main exercise has been walking fast or hiking trails for about 25 miles a week. Lost 74 pounds in the first 11 months. Been pretty much stuck since September...even with adding more intense hikes and some jogging. I finally decided to up my calories to…
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Actual experience with skin bouncing back after 100+ # loss?
Ok so I know the question has been asked and answered a million times about skin going back after weight loss...but I am not seeing any personal experiences of people who waited two years after hitting their goal weight. It seems like everyone here is still in the weight loss process...which makes sense...that's why we are…
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Skinny Mirrors?
Ok so do clothing stores have skinny mirrors?? Or does my home have fat mirrors? Or what!? Every time I go shopping and try stuff on...mostly Gap, Eddie Bauer, Macy's...I see this outfit in the mirror and I think...wow...I do look thinner! I buy piles of clothes that make me look awesome...go home and try them on again and…
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Those last 5...10...even 20 pounds...
Are gonna take a while. And SHOULD take a while. I read about so many people so frustrated over the scale not moving...but was glad to hear what my doctor told me Friday. She said I should be losing at a rate of about a pound a month from now on. She said she would like to see me lose 10 pounds a year and be at my goal in…
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Looking for some Fatness Pals in MN and WI
With at least 25 pounds to lose but would really appreciate someone who is in the middle of their fat fight like me.... I am 38...female...married with kids. And right now all of my fatness :) pals are real world friends and family who either gave up or hit their goal and that's just not helpin me out anymore. None of them…
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Daily weight gain after workout....muscle myth...
Ok so I see a lot of people questioning weight gain when they begin or intensify a workout program....and so often they are told that they gained muscle. In a day...lol...or even in a week...this is NOT going to be what's showing on the scale. Here's why: Yes muscle weighs more than fat by volume. However it only weighs…
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300 days...67 pounds...progress pic!
So I started MFP on October 26, 2011, and never skipped a day. Even logged the *bad* days, so I could try to make up for them later. Anyway...today is my 300th day, and I am not where I thought I would be. I thought I couldn't do it. I was pretty sure if I did, I would be at my goal. I did neither, and learned that I will…
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Weight of the Nation - lost weight before? Lower metabolism!
Ok so if you haven't seen it...google it...the 2nd portion called Choices of the HBO series called Weight of the Nation. Anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight before no longer has the same metabolism as someone who has always been a healthy weight! This totally makes sense...and for people like me, who have…
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Minus 100 pounds!! Team effort... :)
Ok so yesterday my husband and I had someone take a couple pictures on our hike...and when I got home I was so depressed because I still look fat. I have lost 55 pounds since last fall, and I just want to see a picture and be happy with myself...even though I have about 40 pounds to go. Well, I went through some old pics…
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Best purchase ever...
So I bought the Bob Harper book...the Skinny Rules. And wow...it's really good! I have always been of the mindset that 'a calorie is a calorie' doesn't matter where it comes from. But this is so not true. Bobs rules are all explained so simply and backed by actual evidence...and I finally GET IT! Al lot of the 'rules' have…
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Super Frustrated!! 53 pounds down...40 to go...
Ok so I read a lot...try hard and thought I had this all figured out, but I have been stuck for 2.5 weeks and it finally got to me. I lost around 40 pounds doing 1200 calories plus eating back some exercise calories...until I got stuck mid-january. After reading all the eat more lose more stuff on here, I upped my calories…
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Anyone lost 50 or more pounds just WALKING...
...and eating right? I really like walking, and I find 30 ds and other workouts to still be so difficult that I dread them. I started last October at 268 pounds, and could barely walk around the block (1.1 miles with big hills) in less than 24 minutes. Now I walk at least 2 miles, usually 3-4 per day at 3.5 mph. Sunday I…
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Down 44...motivating myself pics...
Posted a week or so ago but the pics werent really comparable...I found this older face shot and it's the same angle as a picture I took a couple days ago...I surprised myself...and motivated myself...so maybe this will motivate someone else? :) I am down 44 pounds and have about 40 to go before I re-assess...but I am glad…
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NSV: All my clothes can go in the dryer!
Know what I mean??? Those jeans that you love that can't go in the dryer or you can't get them buttoned?? 40 pounds ago...no one else in the house was allowed to touch the laundry because so many of my clothes would be too small if they saw the inside of the dryer! Now, the laundry room is no longer off-limits to the hubby…
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Down 40 pounds...didn't see any difference...
...until I found this old pic...and compared it to the one I took in the dressing room mirror because I hate posing for someone else to take it. I seriously thought I looked the same except for less chins...but when I see these pics side by side, I know everyone isn't lying to me! Almost halfway...and since so many other…
